Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

It is thought that issues like increasing vehicle congestion and pollution could be solved by hiking the rate of fuels. I disagree with

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statement as it has only minimal effect on the mentioned problem and a more focused approach has to be done to rectify

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situation.

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, I think when petrol or diesel cost increases, it would only reflect on lower-class people.

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high socioeconomic group

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a high socioeconomic group

would not get affected, so, they would probably continue using their vehicles.

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, the aim to reduce traffic jams or even air contamination could not be brought down.

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, when fuel prices

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up, the commuters will suffer

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the expense of travelling in cabs or other common transport facilities would be naturally increased.

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, the bus ticket value is not the same now when we compare with 5 years data. A £5 ticket is now £8.5 due to high cost of petroleum in recent times. To solve

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issue, the Government has to adapt a varying approach,

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as replacing or encouraging people to

use

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solar-driven motors or engines

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of usual motors. One of the advantages of

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method is, they are cheap and easy to

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(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

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it can be implemented at a higher scale. Another way is to recommend people

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use

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public transport facilities for their daily activities. When commuters

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government operated modes, there will be a large reduction in the number of cars or bikes, ultimately

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will reduce the carbon dioxide emission.

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, to achieve

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, the ticket fee has to be moderated, it should be at a reasonable price, so the public

are attracted

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to you utilize it. To conclude, I believe that pollution related to vehicles and traffic condition cannot be limited just by increasing the petrol charge,

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a more possible strategy has to be followed.